Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Simple Network Management Protocol
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Figure 244: Configuring the Local Engine ID for SNMP
Specifying a
Remote Engine ID
Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Engine - Add Remote Engine) page to
configure a engine ID for a remote management station. To allow management
access from an SNMPv3 user on a remote device, you must first specify the engine
identifier for the SNMP agent on the remote device where the user resides. The
remote engine ID is used to compute the security digest for authentication and
encryption of packets passed between the switch and a user on the remote host.
Command Usage
◆ SNMP passwords are localized using the engine ID of the authoritative agent.
For informs, the authoritative SNMP agent is the remote agent. You therefore
need to configure the remote agent’s SNMP engine ID before you can send
proxy requests or informs to it. (See “Configuring Remote SNMPv3 Users” on
page 401.)
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
◆ Remote Engine ID – The engine ID can be specified by entering 9 to 64
hexadecimal characters (5 to 32 octets in hexadecimal format). If an odd
number of characters are specified, a trailing zero is added to the value to fill in
the last octet. For example, the value “123456789” is equivalent to
“1234567890”.
◆ Remote IP Host – The IP address of a remote management station which is
using the specified engine ID.
Web Interface
To configure a remote SNMP engine ID:
1. Click Administration, SNMP.
2. Select Configure Engine from the Step list.
3. Select Add Remote Engine from the Action list.
4. Enter an ID of a least 9 hexadecimal characters, and the IP address of the
remote host.
5. Click Apply
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